Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-17
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Regular meetings of Sheridan and Car rollton Councils tomorrow afternoon.
 Rev William H. Wardell presiding elder, Methodist Church.
 Workman are laying an asphalt walk in front of George Abbott's new building on on Abbott avenue.
 Senator Matthews is far in the lead for the cane being voted to the most popular man at the American Mechanics fair.
 Fredus Ladd has so far recovered from his recent sickness that he was able to come down to his sons store this morning.
 The monthly collection towards the erection of St. Patrick's church will be taken up tomorrow at all the masses.
 Sterling Commandery, Order of the Golden Cross, will meet Monday night. Officers will be elected for the next term.
 Rev Alpheus Winters, Secretary of the Connecticut Temperance union, will speak at the Second Church tomorrow evening.
 In the police court this morning the case of Patrick Cosgrove, charged with using abusive language to his wife, was contin- ued for 30 days.
 A number of Waterbury people attended the funeral this afternoon of Charles l.. Dayton of Watertown, who died in Terry vile, Wednesday.
 The Consolidated road has completed it's connections with the Naugatuck road at the Naugatuck junction and the result will greatly increase travelling facilities.
 Mrs. Dr. Armand, the great Clairvoyant, will remain at the Cooley House but one week longer, until Friday, December 23. Do not fail to see her, as she is wonderful
 Rev John Fitzgerald, assistant at St Francis church, Naugatuck, who is we'll known in this city, has been called to Will limantic to temporarily assist the priest there.
 To-day's New York Press says: Among the prominent delegates to the Republican convention who arrived late and registered at the St. James yesterday was F. J. Brown, well known lawyer of Waterbury, Conn.
 At the morning services at the Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow the Rev Dr Bowdish will deliver one of a series of practical sermons with Christ, entitled ''Christ With You" In the evening there will be sermon by the presiding elder.
 Prof L.. s. Dodge finished his five weeks ccNrse in German, last night. MT Dodges methods of teaching the German language pleased his pupils so much that he has . been induced to return again early in Jan uary. MT Dodge leaves for New York to- day.
 The Rev Drs Anderson, Bowdish and Rowland, and Revs R. w. Micou and J. C.. Davenport will be among the speakers at the Opera House tomorrow afternoon. The Rev Alpheus Winters, secretary of the Connecticut Temperance Union, will be the principal speaker.
 Sheriff Woodruff went to Waterbury Wednesday in search of the team taken from oh T11oc 1xrf fxuo men, who, it was learned, had driven in that direction. The officer found the team at livery stable there where the young men had left it, with the remark that thy didn't care who came after it or when it was called for. Search was made for the parties concerned, one of whom is named Lawlor and resides in Waterbury, and it was discovered that they had left the coun- ty. The other young man, named Kee- nan, lives in Shelton Sheriff Woodruff came come with the team last night.-An- sonia Sentinel, Dec 16.
 The pleasant weather last evening brought out large attendance at the American Me chanics fair. The floor was crowded with dancers and the galleries were filled with interested spectators. The receipts were larger than on any previous night. The articles drawn are as follows: Pillow shams Mrs A. Callan; plush smoking set, R. J. Sh1pley; chamber toilet set, Willie JOhn- son; brass smoking set, A. B. Woodruff; boys suit, Willie Cleveland; box of five cent cigars, George F. Kleeber; box of 1O- cent cigars, c. E. Munson; gold sleeve buttons, Charles A Smith. Other draw ings will begin at 7:30 this evening" and at Il o'clock the season ticket drawings will take place. The fair closes this evening. There will be music by the American band.
 Mahala Lucas, the pauper bigamist whose career of late has been noticed in these columns, has not yet returned from New Haven, where she went the other day. Selectman Doherty last evening received a letter from Town Agent Reynolds stating that the woman said she had been resi- dent of Waterbury for seven years and d that New Haven would hold Waterbury responsible. Selectman Doherty answered the letter and explained matters as related in the DEMOCRAT the other day. Mahala's husband lives in Bethlehem and draws a pension of $15 month and Waterbury is giving aid to Mrs Lucas, doing so at the request of that town, and with the under standing that the selectmen of Bethlehem recognize her as a resident of that town.